After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

Here, Li Geng's wife ran back and forth with a menu no less than five times, without even seeing Meng Wan. Mother Kong said yes every time she changed the menu, leaving Li Geng's wife at a loss.

Mother Hong didn't understand what Meng Wan meant. No matter how incompetent she was, or how indifferent she was, she had to take the menu and reply to the princess, pretending to discuss it, and then talk about how the banquet was arranged on the day.

Although she was only in charge of the banquet, the wedding day was the day after tomorrow, and Qinghe Garden didn't even ask Zhongcui Garden how many people were coming, so Xie Fen didn't know how to report to Mrs. Hu even though she had the invitation.

"Grandma, the Qinghe Garden hasn't come to us to get the invitation yet, and the one from the Huainan Marquis' Mansion..." Chu'er said with an embarrassed look on her face, holding the invitation in her hand.

Xie Fen rubbed her forehead. She had been having a lot of headaches lately. She had originally agreed with Li that Xiaohuan's pregnancy must not be kept. She had to find a way to get rid of it. It would take more than a month to get rid of it quietly and still rely on Meng Wan. This month also included Duiyue, who had returned to live with Meng Wan.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yiheng was so happy that Xiaohuan was pregnant that he even went to Li's place for two nights. In addition, after Hong's mother went there with supplements, Li hesitated, saying that it would not affect Hong Ge if the baby was born, and they were not of the same generation. What if it was a girl? Not only could she attract the prince to her room more often, but she could also earn more money by raising a young lady in the palace.

Xie Fen was so angry that veins on her forehead throbbed with pain. She only saw the few taels of silver. Li was originally a maidservant of Zhou Yiheng. Because the previous princess had not gotten pregnant again after giving birth to the eldest daughter, she got pregnant and gave birth to a boy. When Zhou Yiheng became a prince, Li was promoted to a concubine because she gave birth to Zhou Ming.

Now that Mrs. Hu is protecting Xiaohuan like this, can't she see Mrs. Hu's intention?

Then Xie Fen calmed down. It was true that Hongge was Li's grandson, but Li missed her family more. According to her simple mind, she must have thought that even if there were more children in the mansion to share the favor with Hongge, Hongge was still the eldest grandson of the palace. How could he be inferior to her?

But if Xiaohuan could give birth to the baby safely, the prince would be satisfied, and so would Mrs. Hu. The Li family would gain more benefits and advantages. These two points alone would be enough to make Mrs. Li change her mind.

Xie Fen really didn't want to care about it anymore, so she let Mrs. Hu fight with the new second wife, although she felt that it was unnecessary for Mrs. Hu to spend so much energy on Meng Wan. It was almost a month since the wedding, and there was no peace in Qinghe Garden. The news that was difficult to get in the past, now the big mouth Cai'er and Caixia beside Meng Wan would blurt out something. The funny thing was that the two of them were still around the palace to inquire about things in other courtyards. Not to mention that the people they asked were of the lowest status, they couldn't get any useful information from them.

I really overestimated the second young lady of the Huainan Marquis's Mansion. In the future, I should focus on how to deal with the Hu family.

"Have all the things from other mansions been sent out?" Xie Fen asked.

Ever since Xie Fen gave birth to Brother Hong, she has been organizing almost all the banquets and flower parties in the palace. This year, the autumn banquet was not held until winter. Xie Fen knew that this was intentional by Mrs. Hu.

As expected, the most important part of the banquet, the food, was handed over to Meng Wan. It had been seven or eight days, and not only had Meng Wan not asked her a single question when she paid her respects at Junyue Residence, but she had also not seen anyone from Qinghe Garden come to her Zhongcui Garden in private.

I thought that this second wife must have done it at home before, but even if she did, she shouldn't be so confident that she wouldn't ask anyone who came. Now, listening to Chu'er's report, she didn't send the servants to get the key to open the storeroom to get the tables and chairs, nor did she go to select tableware, screens, tablecloths and other specific matters. I can only say that this person really doesn't understand.

"Yes, I have asked. It was Madam Hong who sent the Duke's Mansion, and it was Madam Xie who sent the Xie family. The other families were sent by the External Affairs Office. From what I have learned, it seems that Qinghe Garden has never asked for a car to go back to Huainan Marquis Mansion."

"Don't worry about it. Just do our job well. There are still two days left. I want to see how she will make it happen."

When everyone was watching what Meng Wan was going to do at the banquet, when paying respects the day before, Meng Wan took Xie Fen's hand and started asking questions.

Mrs. Hu looked at Xie Fen and every time she said something, Meng Wan opened her mouth in surprise.

After a while, he asked, so many people? I don’t know if the order is enough.

Then I asked, what should I do? It has been snowing lightly these days, how can I put it outside?

After a while, he said in annoyance, it's all my fault, I should have asked my sister-in-law earlier. Then, is it too late to rearrange it now?

Zhou Yingning was delighted when she saw Meng Wan, who looked at her bewildered. She thought that she was very capable because she had been ignoring him all this time, but it turned out that she really had no idea.

"Sister-in-law, have you never held a banquet at home?"

Meng Wan let go of Xie Fen's hand and lowered her head in embarrassment. "To be honest with you, Third Sister, I have only participated in it a few times since I returned home. Our family has never held it before."

Hu understood that ever since Meng Qi got into that scandal, the Meng family had never been at peace. Apart from the marriages of several girls, there had been no other activities.

"Didn't your mother teach you?" Zhou Yingning became interested.

"Where is the time to learn this? Not to mention me, even people around me don't know." Meng Wan apologized to Hu, "I originally thought that I could order a few dishes from outside and cook a few more at home, and then when everyone arrived, they would be seated. I didn't know there would be so many things to do. I should have asked my sister-in-law earlier. I thought it was simple and didn't worry. Princess, is this okay for tomorrow?"

Hu thought that after all, Meng Wan was adopted by the Queen of the Meng family, so the one who came with her as a dowry must have been someone who was not respected or valued in the original house. She had overestimated Wang. Thinking about it, it was impossible for her to give the best dowry to this daughter who had not been around for more than ten years and whose real daughter she didn't know was real.

Besides, Meng Qi married into the royal palace. Even though he was the least favored Prince Rui, he was still the emperor's son. Whether it was the dowry or the shops, Meng Qi would always be the one to get.

Even Wang didn't teach her these things, let alone Song and other people in the mansion.

Then he pretended to be helpless and said, "You have been silent all this time. Not only you, but also the people in your yard. We thought you had a plan and were just waiting. The people will arrive tomorrow. What should we do? Brother Ming's wife, why don't you go and take a look?"

Xie Fen stood up and said with an embarrassed look, "I really didn't know that my second sister-in-law would be like this. If she hadn't asked me, I would have thought that my second sister-in-law was used to it when she was at home. But I still have a lot of work to do at my place, and I really can't let go."

Mrs. Hu went to see Zhou Yingning and Zhou Yinghan again. Zhou Yinghan looked at the nervous Meng Wan and was about to speak, but Zhou Yingning pulled her sleeve and said, "Mother, have you forgotten that you asked me and my second sister to prepare gifts for the young ladies yesterday?"

"What should we do then?" Mrs. Hu clapped her hands.

"How about letting the eldest sister come back to help the second sister-in-law?" Zhou Yingning smiled while covering her mouth.

Meng Wan rolled her eyes in her heart. If this really happened, all the relatives and in-laws of the Zhou family would know that Zhou Yu, the daughter-in-law, was a person who didn't know anything and didn't ask questions. Internally, Zhou Yingrong would have no good feelings towards her brother-in-law, who couldn't even host a banquet and only take care of the food. Not to mention how the servants would look at her.

Fortunately, I had a plan early on. You guys continue to act and see who is the one watching the fun in the end.

So, in one morning, almost all the maids and servants of Qinghe Garden went out to busy themselves in the mansion. Whether it was Hu's place or Xie Fen's place, there were always people from Qinghe Garden coming in and out to ask for instructions.

Cai Er, with her big eyes, actually ran to Mrs. Hu with two sets of tableware and asked which one to use. Mrs. Hu was almost laughing at her.

The original plan to dine in the waterside pavilion at Liufangwu was naturally not possible, so Meng Wan asked Mother Kong to find Ruyi and clean up Qingbo Tower for use.

The Qingbo Tower is located at the junction of the outer and inner houses of the palace. The two-story building is very beautifully built. It is used by the palace on important days or the birthdays of the prince and princess. New Year’s Eve dinner is always held here.

Because it is not used frequently, it is time-consuming and laborious to clean. Hei Saozi led everyone for more than an hour and they still couldn't clean up even the first floor.

After listening to Mother Hong's report about the dishes ordered from the restaurant outside, which showed that several dishes could not be delivered because the notification was given late, Mrs. Hu stood by the window and looked at the busy servants with a smile.